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- Governor Newsom takes proactive action to strengthen robust state response to Bird Flu
- California and Secretary Ross welcome $21.5 million investment from USDA to strengthen supply chain and local and regional food systems
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- 2024 FREP/WPH Nutrient Management Conference Recap | FREP on CDFA Secretary Karen Ross welcomes FREP Conference attendees
- California Cattleman Weekly, November 18, 2024 – California Cattlemen's Association on California Agricultural Neighbors report highlights next steps for building proactive food safety culture in Salinas Valley
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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Tackling the Ag labor shortage – California Farm Academy strives to create a new labor pipeline
Farmers have been struggling with not only a labor shortage on one end, but long-term supervisors, farm managers and farm owners starting to age-out of the business. The Center for Land-Based Learning, a non-profit organization located in Winters, recently created … Continue reading
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Get a refund for organic certification fees
Here in the Golden State, “organic” is a label that must be earned – but for farmers, processors and related businesses who have done the work and earned the right to use that label, there’s a way you may be … Continue reading
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Science and can-do spirit intersect impressively in Southern California pest programs
A trip to Southern California this week was a welcome reminder of the remarkable work our employees do to protect us from threats posed by invasive species. My first stop was the joint CDFA/USDA Medfly Preventative Release Program in Los … Continue reading
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New tariffs from China pressure farm exports – from Ag Alert
By Ching Lee In the escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China, more California agricultural products now face new retaliatory tariffs in one of their export markets. China has implemented a new round of tariffs on $60 billion worth … Continue reading
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Denmark inspires US delegation with biogas energy innovation
By Geetika Joshi, PhD I was honored to represent CDFA last week in Denmark as part of a US delegation sent to learn about he use of biogas as a renewable energy source. I joined a contingent of 14 people from all … Continue reading
Meet the newest recruits in California’s war on climate change: carbon farmers – from CALmatters
By Alistair Bland / CALmatters Loren Poncia’s idling pickup shudders in a powerful gust of afternoon wind in western Marin County. Inside the warm cab, he scans the sun-browned hills through his binoculars, counting his grazing cows. Poncia raises beef cattle. … Continue reading
“Farm to Table Talk” podcast with Secretary Ross celebrates the progress of the Farm to Fork movement
When 70,000 people showed up last weekend to celebrate “Farm to Fork” at an annual festival in Sacramento, it was an opportunity for Farm to Table Talk podcast host Mark Wasson to sit down with three pioneering leaders of Farm … Continue reading
Secretary Ross, Senator Lara help unveil revamped digester facility at Open Sky Ranch Dairy
Posted in Climate Change, Climate Smart Agriculture, Dairy
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Decades-long Pink Bollworm quarantine lifted in California – Video
Following a Pink Bollworm quarantine and eradication program that endured for more than 50 years, the USDA has lifted regulations for the cotton pest in California. In this video, CDFA examines the history of the program and the innovation that … Continue reading
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